Highly experienced in procurement, supply chain, commercial, contracts, legal, proposals, risk and economic & supplier development areas in the construction, engineering, mining and oil & gas sectors. I hold legal and procurement qualifications: LLB, B Juris and certificates in Purchasing Management, Strategic Sourcing and Internal Auditor Quality Management Systems. My vast professional experience includes: - Senior Manager Procurement of the Sub-Saharan Africa region of SNC Lavalin, a global engineering specialist solution provider in engineering, construction and technical support services. As part of the senior management group, I was responsible for all project procurement, logistics and material control functions in the Sub-Saharan African region. I led the regional functional team and operational management, strategy and procurement objectives, as well as engaging with a diverse team. Maintaining and improving the procurement processes, systems and framework. Furthermore formed part of the procurement centre of excellence’s function. My role also required the negotiation of supplier contracts, legal and risk mitigation, problem solving as far it related to the procurement role. The important application of local procurement transformation and preferential procurement formed part of the procurement function as well as governance and reporting. - Commercial Officer and later as Senior Commercial Officer at Sasol Mining’s division in the Contracts Department, responsible for commercial and procurement contractual duties on major projects for Sasol’s various coal mines in the Secunda and Vaal regions. - Procurement Advisor at Sasol’s Nitro division responsible for contracts and purchasing in this firm, which is responsible for the manufacture, marketing and supply of industrial explosives, blasting accessories and fertiliser products. - Senior Contracts Administrator and later as Senior Procurement Advisor at ThyssenKrupp PDNA Engineering (Pty) Ltd, a consulting engineering firm, responsible for EPCM project procurement and commercial functions on the Pebble Bed Modular Reactor (PBMR) Project as well as EPCM functions of Transnet’s New Multi-Product Pipeline (NMPP) Project.